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Thu Nov 13, 7-9 pm Sandy Bell Gallery Art “à la Carte,” featuring food, live music, and games. Free for members, $5 admission for the public. (Tickets for sale in Muse, the museum store.)
Fall Calendar Contents:
Mon Oct 6, 1-3 pm Sandy Bell Gallery Members Monday, featuring members-only access to the new exhibition, shopping at Muse with a special discount, and a sneak preview of upcoming exhibitions hosted by an FJJMA curator. Tue Oct 28 Association day trip to the Kimbell Museum of Art to view Faces of Impressionism: Portraits from the Musée D’orsay.
Museum admission is ALWAYS FREE, thanks to the generous support of the OU Office of the President and the OU Athletic Department. Group tours are available by calling (405) 325-1660 at least two weeks in advance.
Please visit www.ou.edu/fjjma and click SHOP to view past and present exhibition catalogues for sale. Contact the store staff at (405) 325-5017 or jinjo@ou.edu. Muse offers discounts of 10% to OU students, faculty and staff (with a valid ID) and Museum Association members receive 20% off their purchases.
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Thu Oct 30, 5:30 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Creativity and the Subconscious Speakers TBA
Thu Oct 2, 6 pm Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest exclusive member preview, followed by a lecture and opening reception.
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Thu Aug 28, 5:30 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Identity and the Selfie Speakers TBA
Museum Hours/Admission 10 am to 5 pm Tue through Sat 10 am to 9 pm Thursdays 1 to 5 pm Sundays Closed on Mondays and University holidays.
Muse Located just within the front doors of the museum is a wonderful gift store called Muse that houses items for any occasion! Beautiful jewelry, exhibition catalogues, toys and many other unique items relating to art and the museum’s collection ensure that your visit is a truly memorable one. We invite you to visit Muse, the museum store, during the museum’s regular hours.
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FREDTalks Based on the online popularity of short, informal discussions, FREDTalks are planned to engage visitors with panel speakers on different subjects related to art. Light refreshments will be served.
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Fri Sep 19, 7-9 pm Sandy Bell Gallery Annual Membership Party featuring live music, wine, food, art, silent auction, and more!
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Jul 20 Check out painting and furniture by two former OU professors in Oil and Wood: Oklahoma Moderns George Bogart and James Henkle and create your own 2D and 3D art. Sep 21 Find inspiration in the wide variety of works in the Eugene B. Adkins Collection. Nov 16 Experience Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest and make your own abstract art.
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Explore art in the museum’s permanent collection and temporary exhibitions, and enjoy a variety of hands-on art activities for the entire family. Family Days are made possible by generous support from MidFirst Bank.
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FJJMA Association Be a patron of the arts! Memberships to the Museum Association provide the primary funding for art acquisitions that enhance the diversity of the museum’s permanent collection and support educational opportunities available to the public. Membership funds also support student activities and special programming. For more information about membership levels, benefits, and upcoming membership events, please visit the museum website or call (405) 325-2297. Upcoming exclusive events for Association members include:
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Family Days Sundays, 1 to 4 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom
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Contact Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art The University of Oklahoma 555 Elm Ave Norman, OK 73019-3003 (Southeast corner of Boyd St and Elm Ave) (405) 325-4938 museuminfo@ou.edu www.ou.edu/fjjma
OU Arts District The Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art is located in the OU Arts District. Visit www.ou.edu/finearts/events for all of OU’s performing arts!
Note: all museum events and/or dates are subject to change. Please check the museum’s website before visiting to ensure accuracy. For information and accommodations on the basis of disability, please call (405) 325-4938. The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. www.ou.edu/eoo. 6,000 copies of this brochure have been printed at no cost to the taxpayers of the State of Oklahoma.
Fall 2014 Exhibitions Oil and Wood: Oklahoma Moderns George Bogart and James Henkle Nancy Johnston Records Gallery through Sep 14
Programs Exhibition Programs: Gallery Talk Wed Jul 30, 12:30 pm Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Elyse Bogart, Artist
Lecture Thu Oct 2, 7 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest Mark White, Eugene B. Adkins Senior Curator and Curator of Collections, FJJMA
Gallery Talk Tue Sep 9, 12:30 pm Nancy Johnston Records Gallery James Henkle, Artist College Night Thu Sep 11, 7 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom
This exhibition pairs the work of two distinguished professors emeriti of the OU School of Art & Art History: George Bogart and James Henkle. Bogart, who joined the faculty in 1970, experimented tirelessly with oil paint, and the exhibition offers a retrospective of his career. The furniture designs of James Henkle offer a sculptural counterpoint to the paintings of Bogart. Henkle taught design at OU for nearly 40 years and, although he worked in a variety of media, he excelled in the artful design of modernist furniture.
Recent Acquisitions of Photography and Works on Paper Ellen and Richard L. Sandor Photography Gallery Opens June 27
This exhibition offers a sampling of the recent additions to the museum’s permanent collection. Important gifts to the permanent collection since 2012 have contributed significantly to the expansion and diversity of the collection, and works by artists Sam Francis, Laura Gilpin, and Andy Warhol are featured in this exhibition.
Cover: Elaine de Kooning (U.S. 1918-1989) Albuquerque, 1960 Oil on canvas, 82½ x 77 ¾ in. Loan courtesy of Linda and Robert Schmier
Above: George Bogart (U.S., 1933-2005) Water Garden, 2003 Oil on canvas, 60 x 70 in.
Left: James Henkle (U.S., b. 1927) Rocking Chair, c. 1985 African padauk, 40 x 24 x 35 in.
Above: Robert von Sternberg (U.S., b. 1939) Columbia Ice Field, 2009 Archival inkjet print, 13½ x 19 in. Gift of the artist, 2013
Macrocosm/Microcosm: Abstract Expressionism in the American Southwest Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Oct 3, 2014 – Jan 4, 2015 In the 1950s, the American Southwest became a crossroads for Abstract Expressionists from the New York School and the San Francisco Bay Area. Elaine de Kooning, Richard Diebenkorn, and others found inspiration in the expansive land and sky of the region and used gestural brushwork and veils of color to depict the vast spaces and distinctive coloring of the landscape. They joined with local artists in Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas to create a distinctly modern view of the Southwest that expressed the aesthetic and cultural concerns of postwar America. A public lecture and opening reception will be held 7-9 pm Thursday, October 2. Museum Association members and their guests are invited to a private preview at 6 p.m. Exhibition Programs: Student Opening Party Tue Sep 30, 6 pm Sandy Bell Gallery Concert on the lawn at 7:30 pm by Poliça
Louis Ribak (U.S., b. Lithuania, 1902-1979) Red Canyon Rising , late 1960s Acrylic on canvas, 52 x 68½ in. Gift of the Mandelman-Ribak Foundation, 2011
Meditation in the Museum Mon Oct 6, 13, 20, 27, 5:30 pm Sandy Bell Gallery Surya Pierce, MD Many Abstract Expressionist artists looked to meditation as a way to clear the mind in much the same way they purged their paintings of representational subject matter. Learn more about this practice through guided meditation classes in the museum. Lecture Thu Oct 16, 6 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Richard Stout, Artist Faculty Focus Thu Nov 6, 5:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Featuring faculty members from across campus Gallery Talk: Students’ Choice Tue Nov 11, 12:30 pm Nancy Johnston Records Gallery Featuring students from the OU School of Art & Art History Lecture Thu Dec 4, 5:30 pm Mary Eddy and Fred Jones Auditorium Los Alamos Alison Fields, Mary Lou Milner Carver Professor of Art of the American West, OU School of Art & Art History
Art Adventures Tuesdays at 10:30 am, July 1–Dec 16 Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Young artists are invited to experience art through books and related art projects for children ages 3 to 5 accompanied by an adult. Art Adventures are made possible by generous support from the Kimball Foundation. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and books. Tuesday Noon Concerts Tuesdays at 12 pm, Sep 9 – Nov 18 Sandy Bell Gallery The Tuesday Noon Concerts series is a cooperative effort between the OU School of Music and the FJJMA. Set aside part of your lunch hour for these 30-minute concerts performed by OU music students and faculty. Selected Tuesday Noon Concerts are followed by gallery talks or Art After Noon programs at 12:30 p.m. Please visit the museum’s website for a full list of dates and performers. Art After Noon Tuesdays at 12:30 pm Dee Dee and Jon R. Stuart Classroom Get acquainted with Abstract Expressionist art in these 30-minute discussions. You are invited to bring your lunch; dessert and drinks will be provided. Susan Baley, FJJMA Director of Education, will present the talks. Jul 15 Aug 19 Sep 16 Oct 21 Nov 18
Eugene Bavinger (1919-1997) Atmospheric, 1960 Dord Fitz (1914-1989) Gathering One, 1957 Helen Frankenthaler (1928-2011) Head of the Meadow, 1967 Louis Ribak (1902-1979) Red Canyon Rising, late 1960s Robert Pearson McChesney (1913-2008) Arena No. 35, 1959